Bumper operated safety device for motor vehicles



Oct. 20, 1936. s, HQRQwn-Z4 ET AL l' 2,058,089

A BUMPER OPERATED SAFETY DEVICE FOR MOTOE VEHICLES n Filed sept. 25, 195s 2 sneets-shet 1 l Och-20,` 1936. s. HoRoWlTZ ET AL 2,058,080 v I BUMPER OPERATED SAFETY DEVICE FOR`MOTOR VEHICLES Filed sept. 23, I195s l 2 .sheets-sheet 2 ATTORNEY Patented Oct. 20, 1936 BUMPER oPERA'rEn` SAFETYY DEvI'cE i Eon Mo'roR VEHICLE-sy L I" This invention relates to improvements in `ve' hicle brake/operating means particularly `to bumper 'operated means for instantaneouslyV applying the brakes'ofwthe vehicle lin cases f emergency. i l v It isk the principal object of our invention to providea novel and improved meansv to operate theieiner'gency brakeofa motor vehicle as soon afteneachf'operatin. r r V i l Anthrfobject of' our invention theprovision of amechanism forloper'ating simultaneously with the' applicaLijonv of the emergency brake thefo'ot brake'afndito automaticallyopen the ignition cirstruction and to reset thewbrumrper automatically *`S'ti1lanother object of ourim'lention is the provisionl of a bumper operated braking device for automobiles 'i of f comparatively simple constructionlyet"ldurabl'e andfhighly efiicient in its operation.

A further object of our invention is the provision of a means to cushion the bumper and to provide a seat thereon apt to catch a person in the path of the vehicle and colliding therewith.

A still further object of our invention is the provision of a bumper operated brake for motor vehicles including means to set the emergency and foot brakes upon the release of a spring controlled clutch by the rearward movement of the bumper when striking an obstacle.

These and other objects and advantages of our invention will become more fully known as the description thereof proceeds and will then be more specifically dei-ined in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings forming a material part of this disclosure:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of an automobile frame equipped with a bumper operated brake constructed according to our invention.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional side elevation of the spring controlled clutch mechanism.

Fig. 4 is a top plan view thereof.

Fig. 5 is a section on line 5--5 of Figure 3.

Fig. 6 is a section on line 6-6 of Figure 3.

Fig. '7 is a fragmentary detail view of the emergency brake operating mechanism.

As illustrated, an automobile or motor vehicle is equipped in front of its body frame I0 with a, bumper I I consisting of a forwardly curved rod I2 attached to the sides of thelbody frame by suitable brackets I3, I4.

The bumper II has the form of a frame prol i -Soliolnon* Horowitz and Harry Horowitz, I d l Y NewYork,jN.Y. 1

Application September 23, 1933, Serial No. 690,649 r r fiolaini, (criant-s3) v i f;

vided at its top with a seat I5 adapted to seat a person colliding ;w ith the bumper.

The frame of the bumper II is guided in the perforated uprights I6 `at the outer end of a fork-shaped member I-fI,` I8,` the prongs ofwhich 5" are united rear :of thebumper as'at 'I 9 to'form a rearwardly (extending beam or bar 201 to which is connected the lever 2I ofthe `emergency brake perated by a rod 22 'in the usual well known I,

manner. 1b;

This lever l2| is engaged' near its lower rounded endj 23 by roller 24 at'fthe inner` end of a slide rod 25,-sliding in a frame 26. l

strong spring 21 is wound about the rod 25 .A within its framebetweenacollar 28 on rod 25 15 anda post 23 of frame 26." j Y Thefoute'r'endl of the rod 25l is formed into a hook"30"fadapted' to' be engaged by a hook 3l pivoted intermediate Litsrends as at 32.4, i .L 5The-".ext'1e,'11`1.eoute'r'fend of hook "3| has formed 20 therewith an operating member 33 adapted to engage upon the setting of the brake a substantially U-shaped frame 34 pivotally suspended from a bracket of the automobile frame.

To the lower end of a frame 34 is pivotally attached one end of a rod 35 connected at its other end to the bumper, as at 36 to reset the same after each operation automatically.

To frame 26 at its inner part is connected an angular bar 31 having a slotted front part 38 30 through which the lever 39 of a foot brake 4I) extends connected by its rod 4I with the foot brake of the automobile in the usual manner.

To bar 3`I is connected or made integrally therewith a laterally extending linger 42 adapted to throw the arm of a switch indicated at 43 to open the ignition circuit upon the operation of the brakes by the bumper.

The forward movement of frame 26 will engage abutments 45 and 44 and push rod 35 forward to set the bumper again assisted by the engagement of hook 33 with member 34, while a person hlt by the bumper may be picked up by the seat I5.

The device operates as follows: When the bumper II strikes a person or an object in the path of the automobile, the frame II, I8 and the rearwardly extending rod or bar 20 thereof will move rearwardly, and this movement will operate the lever 2| of the emergency brake passed through bar 20, so as to engage the lower rounded end 23 of lever 2I with a roller 24 at the inner end of the rod 25 arranged in a slidable frame 26, being normally held in its retracted position by means of spring 21. The rearward movement of rod will tension the spring 21 between collar 28 and bar 29, and disengage hooks 30 and 3|. The rod 35 being connected to the bumper at one end and to the U-frame at its other end, will participate in the rearward movement of the bumper, and swing the U-rame about its pivot point into engagement with the Weighted rear end 33 of hook 3| to turn the same about its pivot pin 32 while its hooked 'end 3 is disengaged-:from hook 30;

During the rearward movement of the frame 26, the bar 31 connected therewith will operate' the foot-brake lever 39 and theffmgerv uitdrogen;-

the switch 43 and the ignition circuit.;u y

Upon the disengagement of the hoolgs 30 and 3|, the spring 21 Will expand again-1andi-engagei hooks 30 and 3| again, as during the movement" of frame 26 inwardly, its abutmentv45will com1einto engagement with abutment 44 on rod 35 to move the same towards the bumper forre'setting the. same,. and, thusk alloW- the` weightedV end\.,33 of hook 3| to be,disengaged-.fromA the U-frame and to be gripped by hook3ll, whilatheemergency brake and the,footbrake have, beenreleased and.` thenger. 421has` closed the. switch 43A andthe ignition circuitlforl the normalo'peration, of,A the can y Y It will beunderstoodthat.Wefhave described and` shown Vthe ,preferir-ed.form?y of, oundevice only, as one example of the many possible ways-,to practically construct.. the same, and I-thatfwe- ,may make Suchichangesinwthe general=ar.rangemenf ofl our device and in the construction. ofaits minordetails ascome-within` the fscope iof i the. appended claiznwithout ,departure from: thel spirit of Vourinvention and the principlesinvolyed:

Having thus described our invention whatwe claim. as new and. desire/to, secure by Letters Patent is: u Y

In. afsafety device for motor propelled-vehicles Hslide rod, a hook member pivoted intermediate it'sfends to the vehicle frame adapted to engage the hook-endfotsaid rod and held in engagement therewithrby said spring, a substantially U-shaped frame pivotally suspended from the vehicleframe;.,a rod connected to said U-frame and the bumper, abutments on said slide frame and on t-said'rodfconnecteditothe U-frame, said U-frame adapted to engage the rear end of said pivoted "-'hook'member to disengage it from the hook on said.\s1ide.-rod upon-sthe rearward movement: of saidslide-rod to tension itsfspring-,anemergency brake, .affect brake,.connectionsA -between said foot brake-:and thevfra-meffor said slider rod'I including a finger, said emergency brake and foot'v brake to be. set uponftl'ley rearward.movementr ofsaid bumper. frame'l to,- tension ,-said' spring and'rdisengage saidzhookmembersasaid! springexpanding uponA the; disengagementI of' saidr members,` and said..abutments f engagefto; move the. rodand. U.- frame to reset the bumper andeallow` ani engagement of .thefhook4 members,andiafresettingofx the emergency and foot 4 brakes,. and av-switchftof be opened: by said ngerr upon. the. rearward\,move mentl of: the bumper.v frame ftoopen the ignition" circuit, and to be closed by said nger to close, the ignition circuitl again upon. thezresetting'fof said-brakes:

SOLOMON HOROWITZ. HARRY, HORQWIZLZ,v 

